Chapter 5 Character and Truth
"What's wrong with her?" Kirkt asked Voss nervously after Anna was put on the bed.
"Strictly speaking, she was not injured at all, but because she had exhausted her fighting energy and magic at the same time, which caused a double overdraft of physical and mental energy. I will pray for a certain amount to speed up her recovery, and she will regain consciousness in about half a day, and then she will be weak for a while, as long as she does not force the fight afterward......" Voss explained as he seriously analyzed Anna's situation.
After speaking, Voss half-knelt in front of the bed, held the crucifix statue of the true god on his chest, and prayed to the divinity of the true god that resides in every living being.
Soon he resonated with Anna's divine protection, and Anna's breathing was visibly soothed by the flicker of light.
After Voss got back to his feet, Kirkett pulled him on the shoulder as if he was getting tired of waiting and said, "Then there's nothing you need to do now, right?"
This move was so impolite that even though he felt that the other party was excusable, Voss couldn't help frowning and said, "I want to take care of her, this is Lord Joel's order." ”
"If it's a real companion, you don't need to order such a thing!" said Kirkett, gritting his teeth, "you are reluctant to ask you to take care of her anyway, don't you? Don't you have something to ask the elder? What a book, what [him] ah, I don't care, you go and ask!
Vos thought for a moment and decided to give up communicating with this angry man for the time being, turned to Elder Walesford and asked, "Elder, may I take a look at the legendary book?"
The elder nodded at first, then looked at the two of them with some worry and some hesitation, and said worriedly: "This is naturally no problem, but don't you two really need to talk more?
"I'm sorry for worrying the Elders, but now may not be a good time to understand each other, and the accident that happened before is really ...... Let's wait until we all calm down. Voss glanced back at Kirkett and said to the elder with a wry smile.
The old man also shook his head helplessly and said, "Since this is the case, then you can come to the basement with me." Speaking of which, if it weren't for the guardian from the capital who said that this book was not worth anything, it would really not be my turn to keep this book, but it would be convenient now. ”
After Voss and the Elder had left the room, Kirkett casually planted a simple soundproof barrier and took out a small, seven-petal purple flower from his magic pocket.
He carefully handed the flower under Anna's nose, twisting it lightly in his hand, and under the catalysis of the magic power, the flower seemed to melt into the air, and was sucked into the body by the unconscious Anna as she breathed.
"Uh-huh......" Anna groaned and slowly opened her eyes.
Feeling as if she was lying somewhere, Anna couldn't figure out what was going on and tried to get up, only to find that she couldn't exert her strength at all.
"Don't force yourself! I've only alleviated your mental exhaustion, and your body still needs to rest well to recover!" Kirkt hurriedly stopped Anna and said softly.
Anna moved her neck with difficulty, and finally gave up and lay down, finally remembering what had happened before.
"Just you?" she asked.
Kirkett smiled with mixed feelings: "Yes, it's just me." ”
After that, both men were silent.
Kirkett bit his lip and hesitated for a moment, but still made up his mind and asked, "Anna, why do you have to cooperate with them to this point! Now we should have the right to refuse!"
Anna's eyes were full of doubt, and she looked at Kirkett and blinked.
Kirkett couldn't stop at all at this time, and said angrily: "I know, if the hero's master is also a hidden strongman, then the people will definitely feel more at ease, but they don't necessarily have to sacrifice you for the stability of society!
"Our business?" Anna wondered.
"Yes, we! Anna, you don't think you're the only one who was arranged, do you? So is Wright and I! The magic apprentice who was not favored by the mentor and was ostracized was inspired by the hero to become a companion on the adventure, and thus grew up to become the archmage, so that those who looked down on him in the past looked down on him; the four sons of the nobles, who gave up on themselves because they had no inheritance, robbed the people's daughters, and after being taught a lesson by the hero, they changed their ways, and were willing to become adventurers, and finally became a powerful swordsman. Oh, how can there be such a good script!"
"It's all fake! It's just a fairy tale woven by the association and the bureaucracy for the people! Just to cover up all the mistakes they have made, and to make the people feel that the kingdom is still thriving! When they first looked at Joel, it was because the west side of the kingdom had fallen to a large area of land because of the filthy counterattack, and now they want to do it again!"
The more Kirkett spoke, the more angry he became, and he walked up and down the bedside and said, "The hero they want to create turns out to be genuine, and they should be satisfied with it! The same is true of Wright's bastard, who found out that he was following a real thing, and he thought he was the real thing...... It seems that the news from some time ago must be true, phew!"
Anna opened her mouth slightly in surprise and muttered, "You two...... So, what parts ......of you are fake? What is the news that you are talking about?"
"Which ones are fake? That's a lot! Wright and I like you, and your liking of Joel is just a popular part of the crowd...... Don't get me wrong, although it was fake at first, I'm real now......" Kirkett realized that it was wrong halfway through his speech, and quickly changed his words, his face flushed with anxiety.
"I didn't like Joel!" Anna was anxious.
But Kirkett, who heard her say this, smiled bitterly with a gloomy gaze: "Well, well, I know." ”
Anna was angry, and her head began to hurt again, but in order to continue listening, she forced a calm question, "Forget it, you haven't said what the news is about." ”
"You really don't know!" Kirkett sighed, pulled over a chair and sat down, "No way, you are in charge of the setting of the daughter of the bandit, and there is no way to have a low status, I found that you have not even had a joint person all along." Have you noticed that the commissions related to the south have been a little strange lately? That's because the newly elected king of the Wickhn tribe, that Toramp, has basically reversed the policies of the previous Dark King Obama, and is going to build a wall to the south! It's ridiculous! First the wall was built in the south, so is the next step to be the north? Then the east, the west? We can't regain the lost land? Are we content with the land we have? Of course they don't care about the Wickhn, this is their territory! What about the other nations and races? They still think that one day they will return to their hometown!"
Kirkett said bitterly: "That potato with long hair...... I thought he would be impeached by the other royal families, but now I compromised, saying that he would be able to fill this term...... Now you understand, Anna! Your sacrifice is not for the sake of society at all! To create another hero is just to wipe the ass of that potato and divert the attention of the people!"
Anna's eyes were a little straight when she heard this, she endured her headache, took a deep breath, and said to Kirkter, "Yes...... Shall I be quiet?"
Kirkter, who had been emotional, finally sensed Anna's vacillation, and felt that she was indeed talking too much, and she must need time to accept it, so she nodded and said, "I know, I'm sorry, you need to get some rest." But I have to say this to you, I can't sit back and watch you continue to be used by those filthy guys, I ...... I'm sorry, I need to calm down, I'll go out first, have a good rest. ”
After watching Kirkett leave, Anna stared at the ceiling with a lot of thoughts.
How could such a thing happen!
It turned out that those people actually had such a misunderstanding!
They think it's a story about Anna, the daughter of the former bandit, who never succeeded in getting close to Joel for revenge, and ended up becoming his companion...... It's just a setting?!
They thought that her distress, her sorrow, her struggles and entanglements, everything that almost vomited out of her heart's work, was fake!?
Yes, the father never exposed the existence of his daughter even when he was playing cards with that corrupt official, which is why she could become an official adventurer so easily, and the result turned out to be ......
No wonder there would always be someone who gave her inexplicable help, she originally thought ......
Joel says his first few adventures were arranged, so was his father?
Could it be that the official pretended to cooperate with his father, but in fact, the real purpose was not to raise self-esteem at all, but to find a suitable target to pave the way for the "hero" of Joel?
If all this is arranged, then what is your own hatred?
Before I knew it, tears had soaked the pillow towel.
She feels like a marionette in someone else's hands, her life so far has been a false bubble, and her whole life has been just a drama in the eyes of others!
The slightly recovered magic power was rioting because of the extreme instability of her spirit, if she didn't happen to consume both the fighting energy and the magic power, I'm afraid she would have already destroyed herself due to the conflict of power at this time, the dual cultivation of magic and martial arts is such a dangerous path!
She chose this path in order to have the ability to take revenge on Joel, and now everything in the past is starting to eat her back!
Anna now envied Kirkett and Wright! they at least knew they were acting, and they were ......
No, no! Joel said! Joel [don't know]!
She was breathing heavily, feeling like she had finally grasped a life-saving straw.
Although Joel seems to know the fact that he has been being cultivated, he should not know the truth about Kirkett and Wright yet!
In this way, what about the person who was supposed to be the "daughter of the bandit" who was replaced by himself? Why did no one doubt herself, no one looked for herself?
And it was Joel's second adventure! no matter how talented he was, would the upper echelons of the guild really decide so easily to devote themselves to training him?
In this way, is it possible that it was actually herself, the daughter of a bandit, who appeared in advance, that made the top of the association think that someone had already made a decision, and then Joel did show the qualifications of a hero, so they didn't confirm who made the decision?
If that's the case, then the fate between himself and Joel is really ...... Wonderful......
Then his feelings for himself, himself ...... His own ...... to him Is it the only truth?
But in this case, the father's hatred ...... No! It was the association and the bureaucrats who really killed my father! Joel was just following those people's scripts!
Thinking of this, Anna suddenly felt that her mental and physical exhaustion had been swept away, and she felt that she finally knew the truth, and finally she didn't have to continue to fight with her heart!
All she needs to do is face up to her feelings and take revenge on her true enemy!
The haze in my heart was swept away, and the road ahead was a clear sky!
Sensing the violent fluctuations in the magic power, Kirkett anxiously rushed into the house, only to find that Anna was not only not in trouble, but was standing in the center of the room in good spirits, adjusting to her new realm!
As a shadow assassin of the Demon and Martial Arts double cultivation, Anna has been suffering from her own knot and has not been able to achieve the same heart, and her strength has not improved for a long time, in fact, she has been a little dragging the team back, but today she has been blessed by misfortune, and she has broken through the original difficulties in one fell swoop.
"Anna! Congratulations!" said Kirkett, cheerfully.
But Anna's next sentence directly hit his emotions back to the bottom.
"Thank you, Kirkter. You're right, I like Joel. ”